Children of Unwed Teen Mothers: Reasons, Outcomes and Solutions
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2004Subject
Washington and Lee University -- Capstone in Shepherd Poverty Program
Children of teenage mothers
Children of single parents
Low-income single mothers
Poverty
Child welfare
Teenage pregnancy -- Prevention
Teenage pregnancy -- Services for
Child care
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Julia F. Waity is a member of the Class of 2005 of Washington and Lee University. Capstone; [FULL-TEXT FREELY AVAILABLE ONLINE] Most studies conclude that children of single parents are at a disadvantage. . . . This paper looks in particular at the most disadvantaged demographic in this subset: teenage never-married mothers. I am focusing on this demographic because, as Ruth Sidel explains, "…teen pregnancy is of special concern because of the physical, psychological, social, and economic consequences of early parenthood on young mothers and their babies" (Sidel 118). [From Introduction] Jill Waity